Skip to content

Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology
Cancer Terminology

Single Biggest Cancer Dictionary in the World

What is

pleurectomy

?

Press
Pronunciation: /pleurectomy*/

pleurectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove part of the pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the interior wall of the chest cavity).

Explore Cancer Terminology

Find more

pregabalin

anecdotal report

Vonjo

spinal tap

nonpenetrance

filgrastim

digital rectal examination

adenocarcinoma in situ

Explore Cancer Drug Terminology

find more

Hsp70-peptide TKD/IL-2-activated autologous natural killer cells

FGFR4 inhibitor ICP-105

anti-Claudin18.2/anti-CD3 bispecific antibody QLS31905

anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody PRO131921

anti-interleukin-1 alpha monoclonal antibody MABp1

CD137/PSMA/HSA trispecific-targeting agent CB 307

Rifadin

oral docetaxel

Explore Genetic Cancer Terminology

find more

novel mutation

double heterozygosity

frameshift variant

sensitivity

unclassified variant

linkage analysis

uninformative result

Southern blot

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology

© 2025 Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology